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SWORD SGABBAED. 4 No. 536,556. Patented Mar. 26, 1895 2 5 40 JpYATTORNEYS.

WITNESSES.-

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

IIENRY O. WELLER, OF BUTTE, MONTANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO BENJAMIN E.OALKINS, OF SAME PLACE.

SWORD-SCABBARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 536,556, dated March26, 1895. Application filed August 24,1894- fierial No. 521,180. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known'that I, HENRY O. WELLER, of Butte, in the county of SilverBow and State of Montana, have invented a new and useful Improvement inSword-Scabbards, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates primarily to an improvement in sword scabbards, andit has for its object to so construct a scabbard that a sword may beguided therein much more expeditiously and convenientlythan heretofore,and to so construct the hilt of the sword that it will conform to theimproved form of scabbard. t

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the sword. Fig. 2 is a front elevationof the improved scabbard adapted to receive the sword. Fig. 3 is atransverse section through the upper portion of the scabbard; and Fig. 4is a sectional view, on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

In carrying out the invention a recess 10, is made in the upper end ofthe scabbard at the front thereof, the said recess being practicallyproduced in the forward wall of the mouth of the scabbard, as shown inFig. 2.

This recess is ordinarily V-shaped or angular, but it may be madesubstantially U-shaped, or may be made to approximate only a V in form.The recess is located about midway between the end portions of the mouthof the scabbard, and the wall of the recess is provided with a bevel 11upon the outer face of the scabbard, the bevel being in an inwardlyshape.

The advantages of the improved construction of the scabbard are obvious,but it may be mentioned that great difiiculty is often experienced inquickly and accurately and in proper time introducing the point of thesword into the scabbard that it may be fully sheathed, the difficultybeing incident to the narrow opening into which thesword must beintroduced without'the swordsman casting a glance in the direction ofthe scabbard.

When the opening is made in the top of the scabbard, and the sword pointis directed toward the mouth of said scabbard, the recess may be foundreadily with the point and the point carried rearward until it strikesthe rear Wall ofthe scabbard, whereupon the sword may be carried home.The bevel 11 upon the outer wall of the recess serves as a guide todirect the sword to the mouth of the Scabbard.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent A scabbard, provided with an opening in one of itswalls at the mouth, and a sword hilt provided with a lug shaped to enterand substantially fill the said opening as and for the purpose setforth.

HENRY O. WELLER.

Witnesses:

JEFFERSON D. THOROUGHMAN, CHRIS SIEGEL.

